EA May Never Replicate the Magic of Need For Speed Underground 2

Discover why EA's latest racers may fall short of capturing the captivating experience of Need for Speed Underground 2.

[sadraiden]

20 years later: Why is game not like 20 year old game?

[Hofstaderman]

I remember those drag races gear shifts…No game has managed to recreate that since.

[CPTN MITCHELL]

Need for speed underground was waaaaaayyyyy better than underground 2. Reason i didn't like it was SUV as street racer big No No for me

[ChiefofLoliPolice]

You can't be serious...

[CPTN MITCHELL]

I am serious how can a hummer keep up with a supra or Rx7....is impossible and yes underground was better, y'all might like it because of the upgrades hooking up the cars but to me it was all about the drag racing,

[JEECE]

Everyone loves to hate on the concept of "live service" games, but if EA released a PS2-era style Need for Speed today as a standalone game, people would immediately start whining about the lack of support. It would be "it's been three months, where are the new cars? Where are the new tracks? Why would they release this game and just abandon it? They sent it out to die."

People hate the terms "live service" and "games as a service" but they also react negatively to any multiplayer games that aren't a live service.

[Flawlessmic]

Not me, I'm the definition of a 1 and done type with games, I prefer single player games which means I like to move on to the next big single player game.

Give me a solid career/campaign mode and I'm happy.

[JEECE]

Well, there are people like you of course who like single player games. Obviously those can still be super successful (GOW: Ragnorak, Hogwarts Legacy, etc). What I'm saying is that any game with a multiplayer component, as any racer at this point will, is going to get attacked for not having a live service with a constant churn of new updates.

I'm against this, by the way. I love fully single player games, and I also prefer a multiplayer that is more static. I'd rather have an early 2000s style shooter where the online mode is the same maps forever, there isn't any progression system/microtransactions, and you just play because the game is fun. I just recognize that I'm in the minority on that.

[BlaqMagiq1]

Or Underground 1. Or Most Wanted 2005. UG1&2 and MW2005 was the holy trinity of peak NFS for me.

[Fonsecap]

They can't, because this was made in a time when EA was a passionate publisher of games, medal of honor and first NFS games, now they're first priority is to introduce micro transactions, DLC and monetize every single game they make. I can't believe that a company who makes the same games every single year and only changes a number on its cover will ever be able to recreate a game like this.

[execution17]

🤷‍♂️ heat was pretty decent and unbound wasn't too bad... payback was decent besides that slot machine mechanics with the car parts